There have been no medals to set off a frenzy however undoubtedly some top-notch performances from the Indians on Day 6 of the Olympic Video games, the highlights being the boys’s hockey crew’s march into the quarterfinals and archer Atanu Das’ beautiful overcome a two-time Olympics champion South Korean.
A giant heartbreak was boxing legend MC Mary Kom’s pre-quarterfinals exit even though the London Olympics bronze medallist had really gained two of the three rounds in her flyweight (51kg) bout in opposition to Colombia’s Ingrit Valencia.
Earlier than India celebrated her grit, some implausible information from the Oi hockey stadium got here. The Manpreet Singh-led males’s crew hammered defending champions Argentina 3-1 in thier penultimate group match to storm into the quarterfinals.
This was after badminton ace PV Sindhu set the tone for the day by advancing to the quarterfinals with a 21-15 21-13 win over Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt, expectedly topping her group within the course of.
However the greatest triumph of the day was doubtless Atanu. Hardly anybody gave him an opportunity in opposition to two-time Olympics champion Oh Jin Hyek however he undoubtedly knew what was wanted to be performed, displaying nerves of metal as his spouse and fellow archer Deepika Kumari screamed her lungs out from the stands to assist him.
Atanu is now within the pre-quarters after he edged out the legendary South Korean in a one-arrow shoot-off. Oh began the shoot-off with a 9 however Atanu delivered an ideal 10 to seal the difficulty 6-5 (10-9).
India began strongly within the golf competitors as nicely with Anirban Lahiri, enjoying in his second Olympics, off to a stable begin, carding a 4-under 67 within the first spherical to be positioned tied-Eighth on the lightning storm-struck Kasumigaseki Nation Membership.
The previous Asian Tour No.1 had six birdies in opposition to two bogeys and shared the eight spot with Paul Casey (Nice Britain) Alex Noren (Sweden) and Sebastian Munoz (Mexico) on the finish of the day.
The opposite Indian in fray, Udayan Mane, completed at 5-over 76 and was final on the leaderboard.
There was some respectable information from the taking pictures vary too after steady disappointment. Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat had been positioned fifth and twenty fifth respectively within the ladies’s 25m pistol qualification (precision).
In a subject of 44 shooters, Bhaker scored 292 after 30 photographs heading in the right direction within the precision spherical whereas compatriot Sarnobat aggregated 287 within the {qualifications} on the Asaka Capturing Vary.
Rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh ended their marketing campaign in eleventh place within the males’s light-weight double sculls occasion, the all time consequence for the nation on the Video games. The pair clocked 6:29.66 to complete fifth within the Last B, which was not a medal spherical.
In the meantime, the nation’s swimming problem additionally ended with Sajan Prakash failing to make the semifinals of the 100m butterfly occasion. He completed second in his warmth however that was not sufficient as he attained that place within the second-slowest warmth with a time of 53.45s. The minimize was positioned at 51.74s. — PTI
Within the boxing ring, India’s first superheavyweight (+91kg) to compete within the Olympics, Satish Kumar, eased into the quarterfinals of his debut Video games, defeating Jamaica’s Ricardo Brown in his opening bout. Within the battle of the debutants, the 32-year-old prevailed 4-1, a snug win for him regardless of the break up verdict.
